Linked project · European Research Council
SLaVEgents
Enslaved people as agents in the making of societies and cultures across ancient Western Eurasia and Africa.
Linked project · hosted by the institution named below.
The research question
How did enslaved people shape the societies in which they lived?
SLaVEgents shifts attention towards the identities, communities and networks of enslaved people. It examines their role in political, social, economic and cultural change between 1000 BCE and 300 CE.
Aims & approach
- Study the multiple identities of enslaved people.
- Trace communities and social networks.
- Reconsider ancient history through the actions of enslaved people.
Explore the outputs & resources
Project facts & funding
- Host
- Institute for Mediterranean Studies, FORTH
- Project contact
- Kostas Vlassopoulos
- Funding
- European Research Council
- Grant agreement
- 101095823
- Duration
- 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2028
The Attic decree shown above is a contextual example of ancient inscribed evidence; it is not identified here as a SLaVEgents corpus item.
Image credits
Fragment of an Attic decree · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain / Open Access.
Images resized and converted to WebP. Historical illustrations provide context; they are not project results.